HackingProfessional ServicesProfessional ServicesStolen CredentialsTargetedIdentity (basic)Government IDMediumContained

J.J. Keller & Associates, Inc.

bd_a2522dd39741e5d3 · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

Medium

Discovered

May 10, 2021

Filed

Jul 7, 2021

To disclose

8 weeks

Affected

4state residents only

Linked

3 filings

Confidence

65%

Full breach record for J.J. Keller & Associates, Inc. →

J.J. Keller & Associates, Inc. notified Montana residents of a data breach where an unauthorized actor accessed a company email account on May 10, 2021. The incident exposed names, SSNs, DOBs, and driver's license numbers. The company secured the account, offered credit monitoring via Kroll, and enhanced security policies.

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Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 8 weeks / 58 days

May 10, 2021

Begins

May 10, 2021

Discovered

Jul 7, 2021

Filed

vs. sector median

10 wks faster

This filing is one of 3 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

Why this link?

Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

Massachusetts State AGbd_af170c7ff0d121832021-07-02 · +5dVerified
Indiana State AGbd_b55edd7f7ea5147b2021-06-11 · +26dVerified

Name: J.J. Keller & Associates, Inc.
norm: jj keller associates

Name: J.J. Keller & Associates, Inc.
norm: jj keller associates
Industry: Professional Servicesllm

Discovered: May 10, 2021
Breach occurred: May 10, 2021
Undetected for: 0 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Jun 22, 2021
Affected individuals: 4state-resident count only
Data types: Identity (basic)Government ID
Data elements: Social Security numberDate of birth
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1078 Valid Accounts
Threat actor: External
Initial access: valid_credentials

During the incident: Moved quickly to secure the impacted user account
Investigated and responded to this incident
Assessed the security of our email tenant
Offering you complimentary access to credit monitoring and identity restoration services through Kroll for 12 or 24 months
Changes made: Continue to review and enhance existing policies and procedures to reduce the likelihood of a future similar event
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 8 weeks(58 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: — (clock not assessable for this source)

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 3 filings · 3 states

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Indiana State AGJun 11 · first

Massachusetts State AG+21d

Montana State AG+26d · this page

Pattern: first filing Jun 11 (IN), last Jul 7 (MT) — a 26-day rolling notification. Rolling spreads often mean counsel is filing as thresholds trip per state. Why this link?

Evidence ladder

Leak-site claim

Attacker assertion only. Establishes: claim date, group, alleged victim.

Press / market report

Unlocks: incident narrative, operational impact. Still no compliance clock.

State AG / regulator filingThis record

Unlocks: discovery date, data types, affected count, compliance clock.

SEC 8-K / victim statement

Unlocks: materiality, stated response, full audit trail. Ceiling removed.

Source URL: https://dojmt.gov/wp-content/uploads/OCP/a-notif-48.pdf
DisclosureLens links to the originating regulator URL — full filing bodies are not redistributed from public surfaces (§4.5).
Filed at: Jul 7, 2021
Raw hash: 40135d2aa7df9f3c565d38316ad703349b5da1c69a5a3af8dc030fcf1c850ec9

Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (2) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityJ.J. Keller & Associates, Inc.

Victim entityJ.J. Keller & Associates, Inc.

Incidentdiscovered May 10, 2021

Stated responseMoved quickly to secure the impacted user account

Complianceclock not assessable

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenancedojmt.gov